Lehigh Valley Scholar Athlete Banquet introduces candidates

The Lehigh Valley Soccer Scholar Athlete Banquet will be held on 5:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Northampton Community Center in Northampton.

Winners will be named for both boys and girls.

The guest speaker will be Chris Branscome, the CEO of Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association. He has spent over 25 years working in the youth, college and professional levels of soccer in the United States, and has strong ties to eastern Pennsylvania as a player, coach and executive.

Boys nominees

Michael Schultz, Allen -- Ranked third in class of 607.

Jonathan Phillips, Bangor -- Ranked fifth in class of 278. Express-Times Player of the Year, All-State first team, Colonial League first team.